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Hwanoong Lee
(CELL:+1-517-881-1852 E-MAIL: leehwano@msu.edu)
Education
- May 2019 (Expected) Ph.D. in Economics, Michigan State University
- May 2015 M.A. in Economics, Michigan State University
- Aug 2013 M.A. in Economics, Yonsei University
- Feb 2011 B.A. in Business Administration, Yonsei University
- Feb 2011 B.A. in Statistics, Yonsei University
Field of Interest
Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Public Economics, Program Evaluation
Working Papers
- “The Effect of Releasing Teacher Performance Information to Schools: Teachers’ Response and Student Achievement” (Job Market Paper, Under Review, October 2018)
- “The Role of Credible Threats and School Competition within School Accountability Systems: Evidence from NCLB Waiver”
- “Challenges to Causal Attribution and Estimation in Randomized Light-Touch Interventions: Learning from The Spartan Persistence Project” (with J. Yun, B. Schneider, S. Kim, Under review, January 2019)
Work in Progress
- “The Impact of Inter-district Open Enrollment on Student Achievement and
Behavior: Evidence from Michigan”
- “Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of the Mindset Interventions: Evidence from The Spartan Persistence Project” (with J.Yun, B. Schneider, S. Kim)
- “The Implication of Poor Randomization of High Leverage Outcomes in Light-Touch Interventions” (with J.Yun, B. Schneider, S. Kim)
Research Experience
- 2017-2018 Research Assistant Barbara Schneider and John Yun (Michigan State University)
- Analyzing and Simulating Randomized Experiment Data
Teaching Experience
- Instructor: Introduction to Microeconomics, Michigan State University (Summer 2016)
- Research Fellow, AEA Summer Program, Michigan State University (Summer 2018)
- Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Microeconomics (×3), Economics Developing Countries(×2), Issues in the Economics of Developing Countries, Economics Analysis of Latin American, Advanced Econometric Methods, Survey of International Economics
Presentations
The Effect of Releasing Teacher Performance Information to Schools:
- 2018: 40th Association For APPAM Fall Research Conference (Washington, D.C.), Applied Economics Seminar (MSU), 43rd Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference (Portland)
- 2017: 54th Missouri Valley Economic Association Annual Conference (Kansas City), Graduate Empirical Research Workshop (MSU)
The Role of Credible Threats and School Competition within School Accountability Systems:
- 2018: 55th Missouri Valley Economic Association Annual Conference (Memphis)
- 2017: 87th Southern Economic Association Annual Conference (Tampa), 43rd Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference (New York)
- 2016: 86th Southern Economic Association Annual Conference (Washington), Annual Red Cedar Conference (MSU)
Awards and Fellowships
- 2018: Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Graduate Research Travel Fellowship
- 2017: The Litman Fellowship
- 2016: Red Cedar Award (Best Third Year Paper), Graduate Research Travel Fellowship
- 2011-2013: Brain Korea 21 Scholarship
Computer Skills
Stata, R, Matlab, Python, ArcGIS, QGIS, LaTex
Personal Information
- Languages English (fluent), Korean (native)
References
- Todd E. Elder(Chair), Department of Economics, Michigan State University
Phone: 517-355-0353 Email: telder@msu.edu
- Scott A. Imberman, Department of Economics, Michigan State University
Phone: 517-355-7583 Email: imberman@msu.edu
- Stephen A. Woodbury, Department of Economics, Michigan State University
Phone: 517-355-4587 Email: woodbur2@msu.edu
